Programming Language Statistics in Buckinghamshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL	12	Up 8 places+8	£52,500	-12.50%	147 8.31%	36
Python	28	Down -3 places-3	£55,000	-8.33%	85 4.80%	31
C#	47	Down -1 place-1	£67,500	+12.50%	56 3.16%	14
PowerShell	68	Down -31 places-31	£60,000	+26.31%	30 1.69%	16
Java	70	Down -7 places-7	£60,000	-6.25%	28 1.58%	5
JavaScript	79	Down -44 places-44	£60,000	+9.09%	19 1.07%	17
VBA	79	New entry-	£56,000	-	19 1.07%
Bash	85	Down -32 places-32	£70,000	-9.67%	13 0.73%	5
Data Analysis Expressions	85	Up 4 places+4	£62,500	-24.24%	13 0.73%
PHP	89	Down -4 places-4	£60,000	+33.33%	9 0.51%	4
TypeScript	89	Down -12 places-12	£55,000	-8.33%	9 0.51%	2
C	91	Down -9 places-9	£60,000	-	7 0.40%	6
C++	91	Down -8 places-8	£57,000	-5.00%	7 0.40%	7
Go	91	Down -4 places-4	£55,000	+15.78%	7 0.40%	2
Apex Code	92	New entry-	£60,000	-	6 0.34%
Korn	92	New entry-	£70,000	-	6 0.34%
COBOL	95	New entry-	£60,000	-	3 0.17%
R	96	Down -7 places-7	£50,000	-4.76%	2 0.11%	6
Embedded C	96	Down -8 places-8	£60,000	-7.69%	2 0.11%
PROC SQL	97	New entry-	-	-	1 0.057%
RPG	97	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.057%
SAS Macro	97	New entry-	-	-	1 0.057%
Shell Script	97	Down -9 places-9	£67,000	+24.65%	1 0.057%	1